Ludwig van Beethoven · Classification
1770–1827
1800 · Camera music · Vienna
Tonality
Instruments
- Clarinet
- Fagot
- Trompa
- Violin
- Viola
- Cello
- Work
From the atril
The Septet in my major bemol premiered at the same concert of April 1800 as the First Symphony and was, in Beethoven's life, one of his most popular works, so much that he ended up irritating it: it bothered him that the public preferred that light work to his later, deeper compositions. She was dedicated to Empress Maria Teresa.
Its staff is unusual: clarinet, fagot, trumpet, violin, viola, cello and contraband. It is a work in six movements, in the tradition of fun and serenade, with a kind character, bright and full of good humor. Each instrument has moments of starring: the violin shines in near-concerting passages, the clarinet sings in the adagio and the trumpet looks in the trio of the scherzo. It is a music that is played with real pleasure, and its popularity inspired other composers, such as Schubert with his Octet. For a mixed set of winds and ropes, it is a reference work.
What to hear
- The almost concerting violin.
- The clarinet's song in the adagio.
- The trumpet in the scherzo's trio.
